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of a book written an american who fought in afghanistan. >> reporter: i am alison burns in washington, d.c. i will thousand you why the obama administration wants new power to intercept e-mail communications coming up as the morning news continues. >> ...berber carpet. it was a whole bowl of stew. nooo. why? i could have saved this one. i could have saved this one. ♪ call 1-800-steemer >>> the 0 bam administration wants to make it easier for the government to eavesdrop on internet and e-mail communications alison burns joins us from our washington, d.c. news reasonable with the latest on the gift's efforts to keep up with technology, alison. >> reporter: well, good morning to you, pam. after the attempted -- the failed attempted bombing in times square this year the deposit learned the suspect had been communicating through a service they would have had trouble intercepting. it is just one example of how the government spies are struggling to keep up with the latest communications technology. and why the new york times reports the obama administration will ask congress to okay new e
of a book written an american who fought in afghanistan. >> reporter: i am alison burns in washington, d.c. i will thousand you why the obama administration wants new power to intercept e-mail communications coming up as the morning news continues. >> ...berber carpet. it was a whole bowl of stew. nooo. why? i could have saved this one. i could have saved this one. ♪ call 1-800-steemer >>> the 0 bam administration wants to make it easier for the government to eavesdrop on...
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the koran on saturday, the anniversary of the september 11th attacks, alison burns is live with how the church is responding. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, dave. and in just the last hour the head of a small gainesville, florida church went on live tv and said while he is concerned bought putting u.s. soldier's lives at risk his church will likely still go ahead with plans to burn the koran on september 11th. the church with just 50 members has sparked an international uproar, it wants to burn the core rashes to draw attention to what it calls radical islam but in afghanistan the top u.s. commander general david petraeus and others say the act would hurt the u.s. mission and put u.s. troops in danger. pastor terry jones said it would be tragic if troops lost their lives but he wants to stand up to islam. >> overseas we see they have no problem burning our flag, they have no problem calming for the death of america or for the death of our president so we feel it is time to stand up. >> reporter: now, if the church goes ahead with its plans to push the koran this wee
the koran on saturday, the anniversary of the september 11th attacks, alison burns is live with how the church is responding. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, dave. and in just the last hour the head of a small gainesville, florida church went on live tv and said while he is concerned bought putting u.s. soldier's lives at risk his church will likely still go ahead with plans to burn the koran on september 11th. the church with just 50 members has sparked an international...
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alison burns is live with the political fallout from the latest incident. >> reporter: good morning. you know, some environmental groups and members of congress are saying that the fire on the mariner platform is more proof that off shore drilling is too dangerous. they are urging president barack obama to expand the temporary ban on deep water drilling to more shallow we are. the oil industry and the officials in louisiana are rejecting those calls while mariner energy says there was no danger of a spill. >> there were no drilling activities. this is not a blowout. a fire that is contained on the fa -- facility. >> reporter: the new york times reports that bp is warning congress if lawmakers pass legislation that bars the company from getting new off shore permits, it may not have the money to pay for damages from the oil spill. george miller wants to bar any company if more than 10 fatal -- fatalities happened at the facilities. alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> governor arnold schwarzenegger has a new bill on his desk by putting new restrictions by shipping companies. it requ
alison burns is live with the political fallout from the latest incident. >> reporter: good morning. you know, some environmental groups and members of congress are saying that the fire on the mariner platform is more proof that off shore drilling is too dangerous. they are urging president barack obama to expand the temporary ban on deep water drilling to more shallow we are. the oil industry and the officials in louisiana are rejecting those calls while mariner energy says there was no...
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., alison burns, ktvu, ktvu -- alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> governor arnold schwarzenegger has a new bill on his desk over shipping companies. the bill requires ships to be surrounded by floating booms when they transfer water. the measure says the state can raise the fees on oil shipped into california. still no word on whether the governor will sign it. >>> yesterday, the governor thanked steve jobs. the ceo of apple as he signed the organ donation bill. this bill requires the dmv to ask people if they want to be organ donors. steve jobs actually pushed for the change after getting a liver transplant last year. jobs says he was able to go to tennessee for his transplant because the waiting list here in california was so long. but, he understands a lot of people don't have the money to do that. this new bill also creates the first living donor registry for kidney transplants in the country. >>> robert gates is getting a firsthand look at military operations in afghanistan. gates is in afghanistan to meet with the country's leaders and check on the progress of the troops ag
., alison burns, ktvu, ktvu -- alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> governor arnold schwarzenegger has a new bill on his desk over shipping companies. the bill requires ships to be surrounded by floating booms when they transfer water. the measure says the state can raise the fees on oil shipped into california. still no word on whether the governor will sign it. >>> yesterday, the governor thanked steve jobs. the ceo of apple as he signed the organ donation bill. this bill...
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alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, alison. >>> 8:04. we're following new developments in last with week's deadly explosion and fire in san bruno. federal investigators are taking a close look now at a weld on a curved section of the pipe that blew up last thursday thursday night. last, the coroner will update the fatality numbers. the current death toll is at four. three people are list as missing. pg&e will spend up to $100 million to help the fire victims. where will the money come from. jade hernandez is in san bruno with the details of what pg&e is proposing. >> reporter: good morning. i want to show you the damage. it gets increasingly worse. you go from house to house and down to the burnt cars still on the street this morning. pg&e says the san juan know fire -- san bruno fire costs are covered. today puc will weigh whether homeowners should pay more after insurance. utilities commission can veto the request. that's why a pg&e spokesperson told me by phone a few hours ago this proposal, which was introduced last year, would only
alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, alison. >>> 8:04. we're following new developments in last with week's deadly explosion and fire in san bruno. federal investigators are taking a close look now at a weld on a curved section of the pipe that blew up last thursday thursday night. last, the coroner will update the fatality numbers. the current death toll is at four. three people are list as missing. pg&e will spend up to $100 million to help the fire victims....
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alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> time now 5:13. >>> several arrests overnight in los angeles during a violent protest. demonstrators confronted police late last night. some throwing bottles and setting trash cans on fire. the protest stemmed from sunday's shooting death of a caught maland man who police say was armed with a knife. police fired at him when he would not drop the knife. protesters say police should have used a none lee that will weapon to restrain that suspect. >>> more complaints this morning about pg&e's smart meeters, according to the san jose mercury news dozens of their readers have complained that the smart meeters are interfering with various households appliances. for example, some of the complaints say chordless phones, baby monitors and patio speakers started emitting static after smart meters were installed. the paper says pg&e's response has been that the problem is with those household devices not with the smart smeerters. >> today san francisco supervise crores will vote on whether to add a new stax to alcoholic drinks served in the city. the alcohol cost
alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> time now 5:13. >>> several arrests overnight in los angeles during a violent protest. demonstrators confronted police late last night. some throwing bottles and setting trash cans on fire. the protest stemmed from sunday's shooting death of a caught maland man who police say was armed with a knife. police fired at him when he would not drop the knife. protesters say police should have used a none lee that will weapon to restrain that suspect....
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alison burns is live with the church's responses. good morning, alison. >> reporter: well, good morning to you, tori. in just the last couple of hours, the head of the small gainesville, florida church went on tv and said he's concerned about putting the lives of u.s. soldiers at risk but will burn the koran on 9/11. now, the church with just 50 members has sparked an interstable uproar. it -- independent national uproar. general david petraeus and others say the act would hurt the u.s. mission and put other troops in danger. past i jones says it woulding tragic if crews lost their lives but he believes it's important to stand up to them. >> i believe we're dealing with an element that you cannot talk to, an element that needs to be stopped. >> reporter: if the church goes with the plans to burn the korans this weekend, it will be violating local laws. the church has twice applied for permits to build a bonfire but has been denied. reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> 8:17. we're finding out th
alison burns is live with the church's responses. good morning, alison. >> reporter: well, good morning to you, tori. in just the last couple of hours, the head of the small gainesville, florida church went on tv and said he's concerned about putting the lives of u.s. soldiers at risk but will burn the koran on 9/11. now, the church with just 50 members has sparked an interstable uproar. it -- independent national uproar. general david petraeus and others say the act would hurt the u.s....
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alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, alison. >>> 7:15. well, the group that's overseeing the parliamentary elections in afghanistan over the weekend says it has serious concerns about the voting's legitimacy. complaints are coming in about voter fraud and ballot stuffing. more than 2,000 candidates campaigned for 250 seats. the first vote counts are due to be made public in a couple of days, with full preliminary results expected in el early october. >>> it's been confirmed france is on heightened alert following a new but unnamed threat. france's interior minister is not revealing what the threat is but the main mosque has been given armed guards. it's reported that authorities are searching for a woman who could be plotting an attack on paris. >>> police say a woman, armed with weapons, was seen running from a burning building toward the hospital. once inside, police say she killed a male nurse and shot an officer before being shot and killed by police. two bodies were found inside the burnt apartment building. they interest the woman's
alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, alison. >>> 7:15. well, the group that's overseeing the parliamentary elections in afghanistan over the weekend says it has serious concerns about the voting's legitimacy. complaints are coming in about voter fraud and ballot stuffing. more than 2,000 candidates campaigned for 250 seats. the first vote counts are due to be made public in a couple of days, with full preliminary results expected in el early october. >>> it's...
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ktvu's alison burns is live in our washington, d.c. bureau. she has all the details. good morning. >> good morning, dave. president obama is holding an event today to mark the six month anniversary of the new health reform law. but he's getting upstaged by these eye opening revelations in the new book. it's called obama's war. it's about the war in afghanistan and the war within the obama administration about how to manage it. woodward reveals that president obama urgently looked for a way out of the war last year. repeatedly pressing his national security team for an exit plan and that he ordered the surge in troops as a compromise. he is quoted as telling top white house aids, this needs to be a plan about how we are going to hand it off and get out of afghanistan. and when he rejected the military's request for 40,000 more troops, he rejected the idea of long-term nation building, saying i'm not doing ten years. now even though this book reveals a lot of discord in the obama administration. the white house this morning is trying to put a positive spin on it, saying
ktvu's alison burns is live in our washington, d.c. bureau. she has all the details. good morning. >> good morning, dave. president obama is holding an event today to mark the six month anniversary of the new health reform law. but he's getting upstaged by these eye opening revelations in the new book. it's called obama's war. it's about the war in afghanistan and the war within the obama administration about how to manage it. woodward reveals that president obama urgently looked for a...
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ktvu's alison burns is live in our washington, d.c. bureau with why the government wants new technology to allow online wiretap. good morning, allison. >> well good morning to you, tori. after the failed bombing attempt in times square, federal investigators learned that the suspect, faisal shahzad had been communicating through a service they could not wiretap. the government's spies are struggling to keep up with the latest technology and why the new york times reports the obama administration will ask congress to okay new eves dropping rules next year. they want all communication services like skype to be technically capable of complying with a wiretap order. critics say it will change the future of invasion. >> it would make it very difficult for the small innovator to come up with that exciting new application that we all like to use. they would have to comply with an fbi mandate that they probably wouldn't understand if they knew about it. >> but the feds say national security is at stake. it's a debate that will likely play out
ktvu's alison burns is live in our washington, d.c. bureau with why the government wants new technology to allow online wiretap. good morning, allison. >> well good morning to you, tori. after the failed bombing attempt in times square, federal investigators learned that the suspect, faisal shahzad had been communicating through a service they could not wiretap. the government's spies are struggling to keep up with the latest technology and why the new york times reports the obama...
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ktvu's alison burns is live in the newsroom. >> reporter: good morning to you, dave. the senate came into session about 20 minutes ago and we are expecting to get an earful today as democrats fight to get 60 votes to move ahead with a major defense bill. this bill includes a repeal of the controversial don't ask, don't tell policy, banning gays in the military. republicans are furious that democrats are moving ahead with the vote before the pentagon's assessment later this year of what a repeal will mean for america's fighting forces. >> it's railroading it through without a proper assessment on the morale and effectiveness of our military. >> reporter: and get this, pop star lady gaga is getting involved. she held a rally in maine targeting maine's two republican senators urging them to vote for the repeal. >> i thought equality was non negotiablable. >> reporter: another hurdle for democrats. they have attached a controversial immigration provision to this defense bill and republicans are vowing to oppose that too. reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns,
ktvu's alison burns is live in the newsroom. >> reporter: good morning to you, dave. the senate came into session about 20 minutes ago and we are expecting to get an earful today as democrats fight to get 60 votes to move ahead with a major defense bill. this bill includes a repeal of the controversial don't ask, don't tell policy, banning gays in the military. republicans are furious that democrats are moving ahead with the vote before the pentagon's assessment later this year of what a...